FCC-CU Boulder Summit To Focus on Telecom, Public Safety Cybersecurity

A Dec. 7 joint FCC-University of Colorado-Boulder summit in Boulder will focus on cybersecurity issues the telecom and public safety sectors face, the agency said Tuesday in a public notice included in the next day's Daily Digest. The summit will include panels on cybersecurity vulnerabilities in telecom infrastructure, public safety network security, cyber risk analysis and enhancing cybersecurity awareness among corporate executives, the PN said. Public Safety Bureau Chief David Simpson and Public Safety Bureau Associate Chief-Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Jeff Goldthorp are to speak, along with AT&T Assistant Vice President-Global Public Policy Christopher Boyer and CenturyLink Director-National Security Kathryn Condello, chairwoman of the Communications Sector Coordinating Council. The summit is to run 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science’s Discovery Learning Center Bechtel Collaboratory.